# 2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions season

The 2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions season was the second season for the Sacramento Mountain Lions and the first since relocating from the San Francisco Bay Area. The team finished with a 4–4 record and third in the league.

## Offseason

After unusually poor attendance at the California Redwoods' 2009 home games (the team was the only one to not have a single game with an attendance of over 10,000 fans), the Redwoods announced they would be leaving AT&T Park in San Francisco for either San Jose, California or Sacramento, California. Sacramento (and Hornet Stadium) was ultimately chosen, and the team was renamed the "Sacramento Mountain Lions" in a fan contest.

### UFL draft

2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions UFL Draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 3 | Justin Goltz | QB | Occidental |
| 2 | 8 | Tavita Thompson | OT | Oregon State |
| 3 | 13 | Tim Clark | CB | Oregon State |
| 4 | 18 | Udeme Udofia | DT | Stanford |
| 5 | 23 | Ryan McFoy | S | Arizona State |
| 6 | 28 | Antonio Chatman | WR | Cincinnati |
| 7 | 32 | Carl Spitale | OT | Florida Atlantic |
| 8 | 36 | Dennis Keyes | S | UCLA |
| 9 | 45 | Bobby Guillory | WR | Central Missouri |
| 10 | 49 | Curtis Young | DE | Cincinnati |
| 11 | 53 | Willie Glasper | CB | Oregon |
| 12 | 57 | Terrence Blevins | RB | Eastern Michigan |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| 1 | Saturday, September 18 | 11:30 a.m. PT | at Hartford Colonials | L 10–27 | 0–1 | Rentschler Field | 14,384 | NESN |
| 2 | Saturday, September 25 | 8:00 p.m. PT | Florida Tuskers | W 24–20 | 1–1 | Hornet Stadium | 20,000 | Versus |
| 3 | Saturday, October 2 | 5:30 p.m. PT | at Omaha Nighthawks | L 17–20 | 1–2 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 23,416 | HDNet |
| 4 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 5 | Friday, October 15 | 8:00 p.m. PT | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 3–26 | 1–3 | Hornet Stadium | 19,000 | HDNet |
| 6 | Thursday, October 21 | 4:00 p.m. PT | at Florida Tuskers | W 21–17 | 2–3 | Citrus Bowl | 10,066 | HDNet |
| 7 | Saturday, October 30 | 8:00 p.m. PT | Hartford Colonials | L 26–27 | 2–4 | Hornet Stadium | 13,500 | Versus |
| 8 | Saturday, November 6 | 8:00 p.m. PT | at Las Vegas Locomotives | W 27–24 | 3–4 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 13,622 | Versus |
| 9 | Saturday, November 13 | 8:00 p.m. PT | Omaha Nighthawks | W 41–3 | 4–4 | Hornet Stadium | 20,000 | Versus |
| 10 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |

## Standings

United Football League :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| y-Las Vegas Locomotives | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 174 | 142 | L2 |
| y-Florida Tuskers | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 213 | 136 | W3 |
| x-Sacramento Mountain Lions | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 169 | 164 | W2 |
| x-Hartford Colonials | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 169 | 194 | W1 |
| x-Omaha Nighthawks | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 113 | 202 | L4 |
y-denotes team has clinched a 2010 UFL championship game berth x-denotes team has been eliminated from championship contention

## Game summaries
### Week 1: at Hartford Colonials

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Lions | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Colonials | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut
* Date: Saturday, September 18
* Game time: 11:30 a.m. PT
* Game attendance: 14,384
* Referee: Perry Havener
* TV announcers (NESN): Mike Logan (play-by-play) and Scott Zolak (analyst)
* Recap
Game information :
1st Quarter
HAR – Markee White 4-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 9:22
2nd Quarter
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 34-yard field goal, 11:33
HAR – Jason Chery 59-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 8:34
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 20-yard field goal, 5:00
3rd Quarter
HAR – Lorenzo Booker 80-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 14:03
SAC – Fabrizio Scaccia 21-yard field goal, 6:45
4th Quarter
SAC – Joe West 5-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 7:37
Passing
SAC – Daunte Culpepper – 21/40, 174 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
HAR – Josh McCown – 11/21, 265 yards, 3 TD
Rushing
SAC – Cory Ross – 14 att, 22 yards
HAR – Andre Dixon – 21 att, 94 yards
Receiving
SAC – Rod Windsor – 5 rec, 55 yards
HAR – Jason Chery – 2 rec, 103 yards, 1 TD :

### Week 2: vs. Florida Tuskers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tuskers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Mountain Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California
* Date: Saturday, September 25
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. PT
* TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)
Over 20,000 Sacramento fans filed into Hornet Stadium to watch the Mountain Lions overcome a ten-point fourth-quarter deficit to become the first team to beat the Florida Tuskers in the regular season (snapping a seven-game win streak for Florida), 24–20. Daunte Culpepper completed 26 of 42 passes for 374 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception. This included the 33-yard go-ahead touchdown pass with thirty-one seconds left to play. Brooks Bollinger threw for his sixth career 300-yard game in the UFL with 328, completing 23 of 41 yards for a touchdown and an interception. The win gave the Mountain Lions (1–1) their first win since relocating to Sacramento and the loss gave Florida (1–1) their first ever even .500 record.

### Week 7: vs. Hartford Colonials

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonials | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| Mountain Lions | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California
* Date: Saturday, October 30
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. PT
* Game attendance: 13,500
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)
* Recap
The thirty-four combined points at halftime was the most scored in the first thirty minutes in a game this season, and the Colonials also gave up the league's first ever punt return for a touchdown. But Hartford overcame an early 14-0 deficit to defeat the Sacramento Mountain Lions, 27-26 in front of a crowd of over 13,000 at Hornet Stadium. After missing a potential game-winning field goal against Las Vegas the previous week, plus 34 and 22-yard field goals earlier in the game, Taylor Mehlhaff redeemed himself by nailing a 23-yarder as time expired to beat the Mountain Lions for only their second win of the season. (both coming against Sacramento)

### Week 8: at Las Vegas Locomotives

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Lions | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Locomotives | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
* Date: Saturday, November 6
* Game time: 10:00 p.m. PT
* Game attendance: 13,622
* TV: Versus
Sacramento attempted to avenge a 26-3 home loss earlier in the season to Las Vegas and did so with a 27-24 win on the road at Sam Boyd. The Mountain Lions survived a scare after the Locos tied the game at 24 in the fourth quarter, after Sacramento lead 21-0 in the second. Chase Clement was stellar in his debut for the Locos, throwing a touchdown and running for two in Las Vegas's comeback attempt that came up just a bit short. The Mountain Lions are the only team not named Florida to defeat the Locos.